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Software protection uses an activation file that should be obtained from the ABBYY server during a license activation process.
In this scenario, you are installing your application that uses ABBYY FineReader Engine library on your computer via the interactive command line installer.You will need:
  • the serial number of your Runtime License.
Run the %archive_name%.sh as non-root user and follow the wizard’s instructions:
  1. Read the Runtime License Agreement and confirm your possession of a Runtime License.
  2. Specify the path to the folder where the ABBYY FineReader Engine library will be installed.
  3. Select the Runtime installation option.
  4. Select the Local server option.
  5. Specify the license folder to store your license and associated data (it can be any folder in the /home directory, while excluding the /tmp directory).
After installing ABBYY FineReader Engine, the folder for storing the licensing data can be changed in LicensingSettings.xml. See the example in Working with the LicensingSettings.xml File article.
  1. Start the Licensing Service via the command:
as a daemon
run "<FRE_installation_directory>/Bin/ServiceWrapper
<FRE_installation_directory>/CommonBin/Licensing/start_licensing_service.sh"
run "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<FRE_installation_directory>/CommonBin/Licensing <FRE_installation_directory>/CommonBin/Licensing/LicensingService /standalone"
or as an applicationYou may skip this step and launch the service manually after installation.
  1. Skip the step of setting the Online License.
  2. Launch the License Manager Utility and activate your license.
  3. Wait for installation to complete.
In this scenario, you are installing your application that uses ABBYY FineReader Engine library on a workstation connected to the license server through a network via the interactive command line installer.You will need:
  • the serial number of your Runtime License.
  • the DNS name or IP-address of the license server.
Follow the instructions:
  1. Install the Licensing Service on the license server, as described in Installing the Licensing Service.
Use ABBYY FineReader Engine and Licensing Service from the same package. Otherwise, compatibility is not guaranteed.
  1. Launch the License Manager Utility and activate your license.
  2. Install the library on the workstations:
Run the %archive_name%.sh as non-root user and follow the wizard’s instructions:
  1. Read the Runtime License Agreement and confirm your possession of a Runtime License.
  2. Specify the path to the folder where the ABBYY FineReader Engine library will be installed.
  3. Select the Runtime installation option.
  4. Select the Remote server option.
  5. Specify IP-address of the license server with the Licensing Service installed.
  6. Specify the license folder to store your license and associated data (it can be any folder in the /home directory, while excluding the /tmp directory).
    Important! After installing ABBYY FineReader Engine, the folder for storing the licensing data can be changed in LicensingSettings.xml. See the example in Working with the LicensingSettings.xml File article.
  7. Skip the step of setting the Online License.
  8. Wait for installation to complete.